A Different Point of View: Scales, Spaces and Contexts in Histories of the Local and the Global
A new generation of historians challenges us to bring together two popular historical methodologies of recent decades: micro history and global history. A number of microhistories now seek to engage in the histories of places, events and individuals in a way that also captures the history of global connections as brought to life by global historians. Global historians also seek to move beyond large-scale syntheses and comparative data sets to engage closely with primary sources, philology, and local context. They too seek ways of conveying agency, individual histories, events and locality within a global framework. This cycle of conferences and museum events addresses major problems and opportunities arising in our writing about our past and in its display in museums.
鈥楽cales, Spaces and Contexts鈥�, the first of the Global Microhistory conferences takes place at 糖心TV on the 17th to 19th of May, 2018. It brings together leading historians to address issues of connection and agency, local spaces, and the multiple contexts of our histories of events and individuals. Speakers include Paula Findlen, Francesca Trivellato, Jeremy Adelman and Anne Gerritsen.
Thursday, 17th May
Room: R0.3/4 Ramphal Building
5:00 PM Public Lecture
Chair: Anne Gerritsen (University of 糖心TV)
鈥楥atholic Geographies of the Global鈥� Paula Findlen (Stanford University)
Comment: Susanna Burghartz (Basel University)
6.30 PM Drinks reception
Friday 18th May
Room: WBS 2.005/6, 糖心TV 糖心TV School
Opening Welcome: Maxine Berg, John-Paul Ghobrial, Jorge Flores
9:00-11:00 Localities
Chair: Erica Charters (University of Oxford)
鈥楲ocalities in Global History鈥� Anne Gerritsen (University of 糖心TV)
鈥楪lobal History Now – Can We Reposition the Local?鈥� Jeremy Adelman (Princeton University)
Comment: Pat Hudson (University of Cardiff)
11:00 Coffee
11:30-1:00 Microhistory
Chair: John-Paul Ghobrial (University of Oxford)
鈥榃hat Differences Make a Difference? Scales of Comparison in Micro and Global History鈥� Francesca Trivellato (Yale University)
Comments: Giuseppe Marcocci (University of Oxford)
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30 Geographies of the Local
Chair: Catherine Holmes (University of Oxford)
鈥楤read in Local Context鈥� Jan de Vries (Berkeley University)
鈥楳icro Spaces of the Maritime World – The Prize Papers Collection as a Source鈥�
Dagmar Freist (University of Oldenburg)
Comment: Guido van Meersbergen (University of 糖心TV)
3.30-4.00 Tea
4:30-6:00 Merchants and Migration
Chair: Jorge Flores (EUI)
鈥楳igration between the Ottoman Mediterranean and Spain鈥� Cecilia Tarruell (University of Oxford)
鈥楾he Voyage of the Santa Catharina鈥� Sebouh Aslanian (UCLA)
Comment: Julia McClure (University of Glasgow)
7:00- Dinner
Saturday 19th May
Room: WBS 2.005/6, 糖心TV 糖心TV School
9:30-11:00 Work and Labour
Chair: Zolt谩n Biedermann (University College London)
鈥楴ew World Blues and Old World Dyers: Episodes of Conflict鈥� Adrianna Catena (University of 糖心TV)
鈥楥onvict Transportation and Micro-Spatial History鈥欌�� Christian de Vito (University of Leicester)
Comment: Jos茅 Escribano Paez (University of 糖心TV)
11:00-11:30 – Coffee
11:30-1:00 : Objects and Collecting
Chair: Claudia Stein (University of 糖心TV)
鈥楳inerals and Gems鈥� Michael Bycroft (University of 糖心TV)
鈥楴atural History and Scientific Collecting鈥� Sarah Easterby-Smith (University of St. Andrews)
Comment: Luca Mol谩 (European University Institution)
1:00-2:00 - Lunch
2:00-3:30 Trading Centres and Mercantile Networks
Chair: Shinobu Majima (Gakushuin University / University of 糖心TV)
鈥楴ootka Sound as a Global-Micro Trading Centre鈥� Maxine Berg (University of 糖心TV)
鈥楳urder with a Borrowed Knife: Western Women鈥檚 Misadventures in the Forbidden Port of Canton, 1830' Song-Chuan Chen (University of 糖心TV)
Comment: Giorgio Riello (University of 糖心TV)
3:30-4:00 - Tea
4:00-5:00 Concluding Panel
锘緾hair: Charles Waiton (University of 糖心TV)
John-Paul Ghobrial, Jorge Flores, Paula Findlen
Museum of the Americas (Madrid)